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26 May

Indian football team express confidence of doing well in 2022 World Cups

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India are scheduled to play joint 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup Qualifiers next month at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. Indian football team skipper Sunil Chhetri, on Wednesday expressed confidence of doing well in the tournaments next month, despite their preparations not being ideal owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team is currently stationed in the Qatari capital, preparing for the task ahead. “We are making the most of the circumstances,” Chhetri said during a video conference organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). Top defender Sandesh Jhingan added, “The confidence in the squad is high. We have done…

26 May

Smriti Mandhana Revisits Her “Morning Rituals”

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India women's opening batter Smriti Mandhana, is working for the upcoming tour to the UK, took to Instagram to revisit her "morning rituals" in a throwback video. In this video, Mandhana can be seen driving a roller on the field. She captioned, "Morning rituals at my ground!! #aatmanirbhar #throwback,". The 24-year-old cricketer, last month, got four million followers on Instagram on the same day she made her Twenty20 International (T20I) debut. She was recently awarded with Grade A contract by the BCCI as the cricket board announced annual contracts for senior women's team. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Smriti…

26 May

IPL 2021 very likely to resume from September third week in UAE

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The postponed Indian Premier League will resume tentatively on September 18 or 19 in the UAE with as many as 10 double-headers expected to be played during a three-week window, a senior BCCI official told PTI on Tuesday. The final might be held on October 9 or 10. The three-week window will be enough for the league to complete its remaining 31 games for the season, a win-win scenario for all the primary stakeholders including the BCCI, franchises and broadcasters. Earlier, the IPL was suspended indefinitely midway on May 4 after COVID-19 cases started emerging in a couple of franchise…

25 May

Eden Gardens Stadium to be used as a makeshift shelter for Cyclone Yaas

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Yaas, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), is predicted to hit Kolkata on Wednesday evening with a wind speed of 150 kmph-plus. As a result, thunderstorms and heavy rainfall is forecasted in Kolkata over the next few days due to cyclonic formation in the Bay of Bengal. Several sports clubs and institutions have their tents located in the region around Eden Gardens and neighbouring Maidan area and leaving many of them could be vulnerable and prone to high risk amidst the extreme weather. Therefore as a precautionary measure to deal with…

24 May

Sushil Kumar to be suspended by Northern Railway after arrest in murder case

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A senior commercial manager with the Northern Railway, Olympic medallist Kumar was posted by the Delhi government as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at Chhatrasal Stadium for development of sports at school level. On the run for nearly three weeks, Kumar was arrested a day ago for his alleged involvement in the death of a 23-year-old wrestler at Chhatrasal Stadium, along with co-accused Ajay from outer Delhi’s Mundka area. “The Railway Board has received a report on the case on Sunday from the Delhi government. He has FIRs registered against him and he will be suspended,” Northern Railway CPRO…

24 May

The Mighty Fall: Sushil Kumar’s arrest and the murder at Chhatrasal Stadium expose wrestling’s ugly underbelly

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It started with a fight over property. It ended with beating Sagar Dhankhar, a former junior national champion. And a former world champion, two-time Olympic medalist, Sushil Kumar, was arrested after absconding for nearly three weeks. On Sunday, Sushil, who put India on world wrestling’s map, hid his face behind a yellow-white towel as Delhi Police’s Special Cell personnel paraded him in entrance of cameras. His pal and fellow wrestler Ajay Sherawat, sporting a black t-shirt with ‘Mercy for animals’ inscribed on it, was subsequent to him. The two had been criss-crossing state borders evading cops since May 5, the…

21 May

Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh shares experience after testing positive for COVID-19

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Milkha Singh, the 91-year-old former Commonwealth Games champion and 1960 Rome Olympian, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. However, none of the other family members including Singh’s wife and former India volleyball captain Nirmal Kaur, daughter-in-law Kudrat, and grandson Harjai Milkha Singh were tested positive. “Last evening (Wednesday), I underwent a test for COVID-19 and was tested positive. While I had a fever last night, my body temperature has returned to normal now. He said, “I have been reading old books and seeing my old pictures apart from taking an evening walk on our back lawn. I am thankful to my fans…

19 May

The 2021 Asia Cup, which was earlier shifted from Pakistan to Sri Lanka, has been called off

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The Asia Cup, which was last held in 2018, was scheduled to be held in June but Sri Lanka Cricket CEO Ashley de Silva announced that it will be difficult for them to conduct the tournament. “Due to the prevailing situation, it will not be possible to play the tournament in June this year,” De Silva told reporters. The tournament was supposed to be hosted by Pakistan but since India were unlikely to travel there due to political tension between the two nations, it was shifted to Sri Lanka. With all the teams planning for their FTPs for the next…

18 May

Sam Curran reveals that he “couldn’t stop laughing” while bowling to brother Tom Curran

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Sam Curran revealed that he “couldn’t stop laughing” when running in to bowl to his brother Tom in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. The southpaw plays for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) whereas Tom played a couple of matches for Delhi Capitals (DC) this season. However, the incident is from the previous season when Tom played for Rajasthan Royals (RR). “We grew up so competitive, always batting, bowling, fielding, doing everything,” Curran said during a podcast called Headstrong: An Innings With. “I’ve actually played against Tom in the IPL this year. On such a big stage, it’s pretty funny. I was running…

15 May

Arjan Bhullar is now the first Indian fighter to win a world title in MMA

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By defeating Vera, Bhullar ended the Filipino-American’s five-year championship-winning run. Bhullar completely dominated in the second round of the fight. “It’s the first time in my entire career that I felt gassed in the first round,” Vera said in the postmatch interview. “I’m in shape, we’ve been training, we’ve been working with the best people in the world. This is new for me.” A former wrestler, Bhullar had won the Commonwealth games gold medal in New Delhi back in 2010 and in 2012 in London he became the first Indian-origin freestyle wrestler to represent Canada at the Olympics. After his wrestling…